Multi-flick: an evaluation of flick-based scrolling techniques for pen interfaces

Multi-flick, which consists of repeated flick actions, has received media attention as an intuitive and natural document-scrolling technique for stylus based systems. In this paper we put multi-flick to test, by designing several flickbased scrolling techniques. We map out the design space of multi-flick and identify mapping functions that make multiflick a natural and intuitive technique for document navigation. We then compare several multi-flick variations for navigating lists on three different devices ? a PDA, a tabletPC, and a large table. Our study shows that compoundmulti-flick (CMF) is the most preferred technique and it is at least as fast, if not faster than the traditional scrollbar. In a follow-up study, we evaluate multi-flick for scrolling text-based documents. Results show that all implementations of multi-flick are as good as the scrollbar for short distances while CMF is the most preferred. We discuss the implications of our findings and present several design guidel...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Dzmitry Aliakseyeu, Pourang Irani, Andrés Lucero, Sriram Subramanian
• Keywords: CHI 2008, Flickbased Scrolling Techniques, Graphical User Interfaces, Human Computer Interaction, Natural Document-scrolling Technique